Thursday, July 17, 2008

Moon Landing Anniversary

On 20th day of this month marks the 39th anniversary of first manned landing in the Moon.. (July 20, 1969) and this event will be remembered FOREVER..

And so are the crews:

* Neil A. Armstrong - Commander (First man on the Moon)
* Michael Collins - Command Module Pilot
* Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr. - Lunar Module Pilot

Here's the video of the Apollo 11 Mission: From Takeoff to Splashdown

Overall, there are 12 men have reached the moon surface before the manned lunar missions was discontinued.

Future manned missions would be on the Planet Mars about 3 decades from now (2030 - 2040)

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